When a great crushing comes upon our lives, what is our response to that great pain, whether it be the death of a loved one as it was for Pastor Ray, a major health concern, or some other crushing circumstance? God's heart is to allow this crushing to allow the flowing out to others in self-sacrificing love.
Much of the modern western church simply believe in Gnosticism and believe that they can be saved in the midst of sin and that the blood of Jesus does not have the power to transform and change them.
"We must depart from ourselves in order to enter into Him. This exit and entrance is the basis and most essential act of godliness because by it, we restore to God what is His-I mean ourselves, thoroughly, wholly and irrevocably." Gerhard Tersteegen
Jesus focus is to build the kingdom of God. He's taking us to a place where we give up the need to be somebody and all of the pride of our heart has been emptied.
The heart of Jesus is to bring us to a place where what we say and what we do are totally congruent and that allows the Holy Spirit to give us great boldness to simply do what He asks us to do and to proclaim his word.
Today's broadcasts reveals how God transformed Elijah's heart to where he was neither a pleaser to King Ahab or to Elisha, his successor but his heart was to fully please God.